News Summary: New AI-Generated Scams Target Authors with Fake Book Fair and Radio Invitations

Thanks to Nate Hoffelder's morning coffee for the heads-up on a new warning from everyone's favorite scambuster, Victoria Strauss. The subject of her latest exposé is two more entries into the increasingly overstuffed canon of AI-generated scams targeting authors. Both of these follow the same trajectory. They begin with a very eloquently composed (or, at least, composed without the scam signs we've been told to look out for over decades) email request. And end, of course, with a special deal and some bonus extras, all for a reasonable (!) fee.
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An industry observation.

Promoters with no proof or professionalism.

"AI may be able to give them all the buzzwords, hype, and marketing lines to state how they can promote your book and how amazing they are at it. Fortunately, AI cannot prove these false prophet promoters have any ability, authority, or track record...."

Neal Winsomer.

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I sometimes like to give the people pinging me with their "author services" the benefit of the doubt. The attached image is one such conversation in which the person gave me a book marketing pitch (clearly GPT generated) on using book trailers. So, I glanced at one of their trailers posted on FB, and the answer to the veracity of the "professional" question was immediate.

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